Sr Principal Systems Engineer (24-222)

Requisition ID: R10164356

• Category: Engineering

• Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America | Schriever AFB, Colorado, United States of America

• Clearance Type: Secret

• Telecommute: No - Teleworking not available for this position

• Shift: Days (United States of America)

• Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time

• Positions Available: 1

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems – Launch and Missile Defense Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a Sr Principal Systems Engineer (24-222) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in the Colorado Springs, CO area.

Position Overview:

The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program integrates the Missile Defense System. It is a vital operational system that enables the U.S. president, secretary of defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels to systematically plan ballistic missile defense operations, to see the battle develop collectively, and to dynamically manage designated networked sensors and weapons systems to achieve global and regional mission objectives.

This is a Capability Engineer position for which the selected applicant will perform the following Use case development and prepare systems engineering artifacts, including the definition of Epics and Features to be developed by program Cross-Functional Product Teams to implement customer-requested capabilities. Supports the development and review of interface documents, system requirements, Verification Cross Reference Matrix (VCRM) development, architectural documentation, system engineering estimates, and author and performed formal and informal engineering reviews. Work will be performed under the direction of various technical leads and product owners and require interfacing with team members, C2BMC management, and government customers to ensure high-quality products are generated on time and within the resources available.

Essential Functions:

• Generating system/element level functional, performance, and interface specifications to document and control the achievement of the desired capabilities.

• Requirements elicitation, derivation, and decomposition to lower-level subsystems and components.

• Maintenance of system and component baselines in a requirement management system.

• Defining the relationships between internal and external components.

• Communicating system-level use cases and associated Epics and Feature relationships to a diverse group of customers, developers, engineers, subject matter experts, and users.

• Solving complex problems that require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity.

• May function in project leadership roles and represent the organization as prime customer contact on significant technical matters on contracts.

Basic Qualifications:

• An active Secret clearance is required to start with the ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance.

• 9 years with a Bachelor’s degree with a STEM concentration or in a related field; 7 years experience with a master's degree in STEM concentration or related field.

• Must possess the ability to be part of an integrated team tasked with developing and maintaining the physical, functional, and technical requirements baselines necessary to describe the desired capabilities of an evolving MDS Command & Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) system.

• Must have demonstrated experience in mission analysis with skill in developing use cases, sequence diagrams, and SysML modeling in support of MBSE.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI clearance is highly desired.

• Possessing a DoD 8140 certification at IAT Level II or higher (Security+, GSEC, SCNP, SSCP, CISSP, CISA, GSE, SCNA) is highly desired.

• Experience with other Space Domain and Missile Defense Systems is highly desired.

• Experience with Agile Methods and Epic and Feature definition is a significant plus.

• Skills in logical architecture modeling, interface definition, and knowledge of cyber security concepts and security accreditation are highly desirable.

What We Can Offer You:

• Savings Plan

• Paid Time Off

• Education Assistance

• Training and Development

• Flexible Work Arrangements

Salary Range: $121,000 - $181,400

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.